6 months !

It has been 6 months since I last posted here. I am not exactly sure why but I am going to try to get back to this as it is fun to go back and look at what has been happening in our lives.

Andrew completed another successful cross country season. They won the state meet and went on to the national championships where they placed 3rd. Andrew made All American status by placing 19th at the national meet.

 Christopher's marching band season was successful as well. Their program was very neat and although they did not qualify for the state championship they gave it their all.

Maggie is loving the 5th grade. She has amazing friends and has quite the social life. Her love of reading has not changed and she reads 3 books a week!

Winter Formal 2011

This was a couple of weeks ago and both Andrew and Christopher attended. Andrew went with MacKenzie and Christopher went with Caryn. They all looked so nice and had a great time. It is hard to believe that the current school year is half way over and I will soon have a Senior and Junior in high school. The college search process has begun and it is a daunting task!! 

Caryn and Christopher

The group

MacKenzie and Andrew

The gang

Bathroom Remodel

A few months ago we underwent the task of remodeling the boys' bathroom. We did have someone do the tile work but other than that Tim did the rest. I helped too... I  did the shopping :-} I LOVE how it all came out. I have to say the granite was the best part. It is a remnant piece from what is considered an exotic grade so we saved a lot of money and got something beautiful. We also added a cabinet above the toilet so there is additional storage anda spot to put towels. We plan on getting the same cabinets made for our bathroom when we do that ~ not anytime soon.:

Our day out...

Yesterday Diana and I went on an adventure to Costco and TJ Maxx...yes we are excited by the little things in life. First at TJ Maxx we were on a mission to find REALLY UGLY shoes...there were a lot to select from but not many would fit on our feet...LOL The ones we did try on, while ugly, really don't look too bad in the photos.

Then it was off to Costco...I had to renew my membership so I dropped Tim, hee hee, and added her to the membership. To say she was excited is an understatement!! We always have so much fun when we make the hour drive to get there....needless to say we do a bit of spending $$ too!! The picture really doesn't show how much stuff we really bought...

Summertime....

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh summer! Time for hot days, being lazy and having fun. The weather has been everything from rainy and storms to really hot and humind but I am NOT complaining.

• Andrew is away at runnning camp so it has been quite here this week. He returns on Saturday just in time for Nicholas' birthday party.....I am finding it hard to believe that Nicholas is 17 tomorrow!!
• Christopher has ended the first part of summer band and will have a few weeks off until practice for the fall marching season gets under way.
• Maggie has been having fun running around with the girls in the neighborhood. They had done everything from riding bikes, playing in the sprinklers and lots of water balloons.

Jazz Evening

A couple of weeks ago the Jazz bands at the high school had a jazz and desserts evening and WOW is all I can say. It is amazing to hear how good the bands are...from the beginning group to the senior group. Here are a couple of videos of Christopher in his group.

In the video he is playing the piano, even though you can't see him very well, he is on the far left of the screen ~ just before the bongo player.

Father Daughter Dance

Maggie and Tim just left for the father/daughter dance at her school. To say she was excited is an understatement!! She was so excited to get her hair done and the pretty flowers that daddy got for her. I am sure they will have a great night.

A Long Time...

It has been quite a long time since there was an update. Track season is here so Andrew is very busy with that. Christopher is busy with the jazz band and competitions. Maggie is busy with school and music too!!

This video is from a race this past Friday night. Andrew ran a personal best mile time of 4:22!! We are so very proud of him and his accomplishments.